St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-13
EDUCA FIONAG fNsxsTUTIONS.
fOyy the Various Schools of the Ters
riIorY Are ElOurishing.

The school for the deaf and dumb, at
Sioux Falls, is IN excellent condition and well
managed The appropriation made by the
last legislature for new buildings, etc., seems
to have been wisely and judiciously ex-
pended and the dormitory is not only we'll
adapted for the purposes designed, bat it is
beautiful ediice, Of which the territory may
well be proud. 1t affords room for seventy
pupils.
THE NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY
shows an attendance of fifty-eight students.
| am at loss to account for the limited num-
Der of students for the university appears
TO be weil-conducted, and the faculty to com
pare favorably with that of other educational
institutions. Former disagreements in the
board of control have disappeared, aud there
is no apparent reason why the university
should not have a prosperous future.
TIE UNIVERSITY AT vERM1LtoN,
is in f1ourlshing condition. The entire at
tendance last year was 1876, and the first week
of this year lows 125 students present,
which gives promise of a total attendance
during the ear of some two hundred and
fifty. The college building proper is Il sub
Stantial structure, worthy OF its name and the
territory. Tle dormtory built from the APP
preparation of two years ago is amonstrosity,
lily designed, badly constructed and entirely
out of keeping with the rest of the university
buildings. The college of agriculture at Brook
iugS, if properly managed and fairl- foStered
attendance is already good. 252 students being
enrolled for the last college year There are
at present 191 students in the college, and the
number for this collegiate year will undoubt-
edly exceed the last
THE NORMAL SCHOOL AT MADISON
shows a very large attendance and commends
itself as a successful and welI-managed instt-
tuition.
SCHOOL OF MINES.
The School of Mines at Rapid City, pro-
vided for by the last legislature, will
oped for the reception of pupils next
month. The board of trustees and the dean
of the faculty express great confidence in the
success OF the school when fairly established.
At the special term beginning in February
thera will be taught, mneralogy, geology,
chemistry, engineering, assaying, and the
practical treatment of ores.
INsA, E Ht s IrAIS.
The YanktOu hospital Ior the insane has
144 inmates. The present superintendent re-
ports capacity for only 125, although all pre-
vious reports have placed the number of pa
tients who could be accommodated at 200.
The jamestown hospital has 136 inmates,
while the reported capacity is but 100. In
making calculations regarding necessary
quarters for inmates. much depends upon the
views of the superintendent, regarding the
room required for patients. 1t is question
which requires eH animation, bat presume
that forty or fifty more patients might be ac-
Ctui.ilOudltQ WlluOuI dHN SSiIOuS ulHiSuity
At the same time l think it undeniable that
there will be need of enarging both hospitals
| before two years have expired. According
to the estimates of the superintendent in
charge, the territory will have 600 patients
by the end of 1888. But my expert
ence is that these estimates are
delusory. 7 70 years ago the superin-
tendent of the Dakota hospital estimated that
by December, 1885, there would be 295 pa
tients to be cared for from South Dakota
alone, while the report now submitted shows
that there are actually but IA. Still. as
have said, more room will undoubtedly be re-
quired. The trustees of the jamestown hos
pital show an expenditure of several thou
sand dollars in excess of their appropriation,
this being for fuel, lights and necessary fur
! niture to accommodate the unexpected num-
Der of applicants for admission. Under the
circumstances this seems justihable, though
expenditures of this character ought TO be
discoul aged by the legislature. The trustees
of the Yankton hospital have kept within
their appropriation and have expended the
money provided for repairs. improvements
and buildings, in what seems to me a very
judicious and economical manner. Both our
institutions seem to be well conducted indeed
it would be difficult to find hospital of a
similar character in the country which is
superior to either of them in this respect.